Pathway to Success

I love the idea and believe that success in many ways is a sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.  Many of us are not successful simply because we struggle with the daily discipline required to do the small things consistently.  We justify in our minds, ‘this is a small thing so not a big deal’, when in actuality it is the small things that matter most. 

In sports, many games are won by inches, or during a few seconds in the game, or by a play or two, or at one critical moment.  To win in life, it is often the same.  Small moments, a few seconds, one or two decisions, or one critical moment day in and day out can and will make all of the difference for us. 

Unfortunately, too often we only see the prize, celebration, and rewards that come after an achievement and we miss out on seeing the path that got that individual or that team to the success they now enjoy.  If we could see all of the small things that lead up to that victory, I’m sure we’d be surprised and amazed. 

The good news is that most of us can do the small stuff.  It doesn’t take an unordinary amount of talent, or extreme strength, or lots of experience, or gobs of money, or unprecedented wisdom and intelligence, it really just takes an unmatched level of discipline to do the little things.  Little choices make all of the difference. 

So, we need to in reality sweat the small stuff because really it is the small stuff that adds up to something big.  In nearly every instance that I know, success is really just a result of small efforts repeated over and over again.  Therefore to be successful, we most become fanatical about the small stuff that matters.